Mounting Block on Roadside, North East of Higher Birks Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. A C19 Mounting block.
Mounting Block on Roadside, North East of Higher Birks Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- noble-casement-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1967
- Type
- Mounting block
- Address
- Mounting Block on Roadside, North East of Higher Birks Farmhouse, Birks Brow, Thornley-With-Wheatley
- OS grid reference
- SD 616 390
- Coordinates
- 53.84656, -2.58412
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This mounting block, likely from the 19th century, is located on the roadside to the northeast of Higher Birks Farmhouse. It is constructed from sandstone rubble and features four sandstone steps on each side, topped with a sandstone flag.
Local climate
Mounting Block on Roadside, North East of Higher Birks Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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